Garden Centre Overstrand

Our quaint North Norfolk garden centre perches on the outskirts of Cromer, located in the small coastal village of Overstrand. We offer a stunning range of indoor and outdoor plants as well as locally made products and produce. We aim to source the majority of our plants from the UK and our focus on sustainability at Garden Centre Overstrand is an ode to our love of the local area and invites the community into a larger conversation of supporting not only our local environment but our local people too. At the heart of it all, a humble handpicked team with a passion for horticulture, and an ambition to live a greener lifestyle. Our location is something special and we love to share it with our visitors. The garden centre is a mere ten minute stroll away from the shores of Overstrand beach. Once upon a time a sleepy fishing station, now North Norfolk’s favourite fossil hunting spot. Overstrand offers a historic and natural wildness that shouldn’t be missed. Our visitors love a stroll along the clifftop when they swing by to see us, often followed by a cuppa and a treat at our Potting Shed tearoom. If you want to potter around the area during your visit to our garden centre, our helpful team would be delighted to give you some local tips! A fun and easy way to welcome more biodiversity into your garden is to experiment with colour. Introducing flowers and plants that show off an array of different shades will attract bugs galore and that, our friends, is the secret to a blooming good garden! Fences are great for keeping our furry friends in and our nosey neighbours out… but are they good for a sustainable garden? The answer is no. A natural enclosure is far better for attracting nesting birds and wildlife. Depending on your taste, it might even be a preferable view too! No doubt, we all find this a relentless task: mowing the grass. Although a well maintained lawn might look like suburban utopia, it’s actually not that great for the environment. They can clash with native ecosystems, and if cut too short, they can lead to unsightly moss. Sustaining a pea green lawn also requires a lot of water. So, put your hose away and lay off the mower. Covering vegetation is a fantastic and natural way to prevent the intrusion of those pesky weeds, as well as offering nooks and crannies for insects and small animals to hide in. Did you know that lizards, snakes and toads are great for your garden? If you don’t mind these scaly vertebrates hanging around, they snack on the insects that are not so helpful and serve to aid biodiversity. Invite the bugs, worms and bees to stay. Worms are brilliant at keeping soil aerated and circulating nutrients, naturally cultivating the soil, making it nice and rich. And, we need our yellow fuzzy friends to keep our vegetable patches pollinated and thriving. So, welcome them in. Slabbing, paving and brickwork is undoubtedly an aesthetically pleasing, low maintenance solution for many gardeners. But go minimal, and allow the earth beneath to breathe. It can impede water drainage and let’s face it, is just another thing to keep clean or sweep! Potentially one of the greenest (and rewarding) steps in our guide. It reduces landfill waste, greenhouse gas emissions, conserves water… We could go on and on. The nutritional properties of homemade compost are said to be far superior to many off the shelf comparisons. We stock a diverse range of organic, peat free options though if a compost heap is not feasible. If you can, pick up your tools and get yanking. Using chemical assistance to rid your garden of weeds can actually cause more harm than good. Sprinkling your plants with these toxic products can kill parts of your garden that you don’t want to kill!

Cath Ciarleglio
5 Star
I love this garden centre. It has lovely things in the shop, great for presents. The cafe is so good, dog friendly and yummy food. You can take your dog for a walk on the beach and then head here afterwards.
Sunday 23rd October 2022

Jonathan Bossley
5 Star
Great garden centre, really friendly and helpful staff, fantastic range of products too, the coffee shop and kitchen is well worth a visit, it's run by the Gangway company that are based in Cromer and Sheringham, overall a great customer experience!
Saturday 1st April 2023

Lesley Holme
5 Star
The most awe inspiring gardem centre I have visited. Staff friendly, layout clearly shows passion, knowledge and skill. A must to visit. A gardeners dream and inspiration. A tardis.
Sunday 9th August 2020

Kathleen Wright
4 Star
Enjoyed a nice cup of hot chocolate and a scone with friends after an invigorating walk!
Wednesday 29th March 2023

Alan Johnson
5 Star
Friendly garden centre, not too large. A good variety of plants kept in good condition. Rest at the integral coffee shop 'the potting shed' to recharge your batteries. A selection of home goods also stocked. Visit recommend.
Friday 6th May 2022